FXC NQ Opening Range Breakout Strategy V2.4Mechanical Strategy that trades breakouts on NQ futures on the 15min timeframe during the NYSE session. It's designed to manage Apex and Top Step accounts with the lowest risk possible.
Risk Disclaimer:
Past results as well as strategy tester reports do not indicate future performance. Guarantees do not exist in trading. By using this strategy you risk losing all your money.
Important:
It only trades on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and takes usually only 1 trade per trading day.
It works on the 15min timeframe only.
The settings are optimised already for NQ but feel free to change them.
How it works:
Every selected trading day it measures the range of the first 15min candle after the NYSE open. As soon as price closes above on the 15min timeframe, it will trade the breakout targeting a set risk to reward ratio. SL on the opposite side of the range. It will trail the SL after a set amount of points and uses a buffer of the set amount of points to trail it.
Settings:
Opening Range Time : This is the time of the day in hours and minutes when the strategy starts looking for trades. It's in the EST/ NY Timezone and set to 9:30-09:45 by default
because that's the NYSE open.
Session Time : This is the time of the day in hours and minutes until the strategy trades. It's in the EST/ NY Timezone and set to 09:45-14:45 by default.
because that's what gave the best results in backtesting. Open trades will get closed automatically once the end of the session is reached. No matter if win or loss. This is just to prevent holding positions over night.
Session Border This setting is to select the border color in which the session box will be plotted.
Opening Range Box This setting is to select the fill color of the opening range box.
Opening Range Border This setting is to select the border color of the session box.
Trade Timeframe This setting determines on which timeframe candle has to close outside the opening range box in order to take a trade. It's set to 15min by default because this is what worked by far the best in backtests and live trading.
Stop Loss Buffer in Points: This is simply the buffer in points that is added to the SL for safety reasons. If you have it on 0, the SL will be at the exact price of the opposite side of the range. By default it's set to 0 pips because this is what delivered the best results in backtests.
Profit Target Factor: This is simply the total SL size in points multiplied by x.
Example: If you put 2, you get a 1:2 Risk to Reward Ratio. By Default it's set to 4 because this gave the best results in backtests, because trades always get closed either by trailing SL or because the end of the session is reached.
Use Trailing Stop Loss: This setting is to enable/ disable the trailing stop loss. It's enabled by default because this is a fundamental part of the strategy.
Trailing Stop Buffer: This setting determines after how many points in profit the trailing SL will be activated.
Risk Type: You can chose either between Fixed USD Amount, Risk per Trade in % or Fixed Contract Size. By default it's set to fixed contract size.
Risk Amount (USD or Contracts): This setting is to set how many USD or how many contracts you want to risk per trade. Make sure to check which risk type you have selected before you chose the risk amount.
Use Limit Orders If enabled, the strategy will place a pending order x points from the current price, instead of a market order. Limit orders are enabled by default for a better performance. Important: It doesn't actually place a limit order. The strategy will just wait for a pullback and then enter with a market order. It's more like a hidden limit order.
Limit Order Distance (points): If you have limit orders enabled, this setting determines how many points from the current price the limit order will be placed.
Trading Days: These checkboxes are to select on which week days the strategy has to trade. Thursday is disabled by default because backtests have shown that Thursday is the least profitable day
Backtest Settings:
For the backtest the commissions ere set to 0.35 USD per mini contract which is the highest amount Tradeovate charges. Margin was not accounted for because typically on Apex accounts you can use way more contracts than you need for the extremely low max drawdown. Margin would be important on personal accounts but even there typically it's not an issue at all especially because this strategy runs on the 15min timeframe so it won't use a lot of contracts anyways.
What makes it unique:
This script is unique because it's designed to be used on Apex and Top Step accounts with extremely strict drawdown rules.
The strategy is optimised to be traded with a fixed contract size instead of using % risk. The reason for that is that the drawdown rules of these Futures Prop Accounts are very strict and the fact that the smallest trade-able contract size is 1.
Why the source code is hidden:
The source code is hidden because I invested a lot of time and money into developing this strategy and optimising it with paid 3rd party software. Also since I use it myself on my Apex accounts and prop firms don't allow copy trading I don't want it to be used by too many traders.
NASDAQ 100 E-MINI FUTURES
Bull Flag DetectionThe FuturesGod bull flag indicator aims to identify the occurrence of bull flags.
Bull flags are a popular trading pattern that allows users to gauge long entries into a given market. Flags consist of a pole that is followed by either a downward or sideways consolidation period.
This script can be used on any market but was intended for futures (NQ, ES) trading on the intraday timeframe.
The script does the following:
1. Identifies the occurrence of a flag pole. This is based on a lookback period and percentage threshold decided by the user.
2. Marks the consolidation area after the pole occurrence using swing highs and swing lows.
3. Visually the above is represented by a shaded green area.
4. When a pole is detected, it is marked by a downward off-white triangle. Note that if the percentage threshold is reached several times on the same upward climb, the script will continue to identify points where the threshold for pole detection is met.
5. Also visualized are the 20, 50 and 200 period exponential moving averages. The area between the 20 and 50 EMAs are shaded to provide traders a visual of a possible support area.
RTH Levels Initial Balance Overnight 12-1 Opening types (IB)(ON)Made for ES/NQ.
CME_MINI:ES1!
CME_MINI:NQ1!
But it will most likely work for all USA futures. Default clock settings are set according to CST.
This Indicator automatically draws RTH levels, yesterday’s RTH levels, initial balance, overnight and 12-1 (lunch) levels.
In additionally, at RTH open, it shows opening type.
Also shows/alert works for 12-1 stat.
You may need to change the clock range settings for stocks.
Definitions of opening types.
If price opens the day above the previous day session high, it is considered Higher Outside Range. (HOR)
If price opens the day between the previous close and the previous high, it is considered Higher Inside Range. (HIR)
If price opens between the previous close and previous low, it is Lower Inside Range. (LIR)
If price opens below previous day session low, it is Lower Outside Range. (LOR)
Acronyms:
RTH : Regular Trading Hours
ON : Overnight
IBH : Initial Balance High
IBL : Initial Balance Low
IBMid: Initial Balance Mid
ONH : Overnight High
ONL : Overnight Low
ONMid : Overnight Session Midpoint Price
yRthO : Yesterday's rth open
yRthH : Yesterday's rth high
yRthL : Yesterday's rth low
yRthC : Yesterday's rth close
yRthMid : Yesterday's rth mid
12-1 : Lunch time for Chicago (12pm to 1pm) (CST)
rthmid (for rth session) : (high + low) / 2
ICT Index ScheduleNew ICT student here, decided to compile the daily schedule and salient levels for London and New York index sessions into one place to aid my learning – thought others might benefit from this too :)
The script works with whatever timezone setting, however make sure to change your timezone to New York time if you want to have the proper time-price alignment (I personally find it helpful when studying).
Here's a legend of all the elements displayed at once:
London only:
New York only:
// Couldn't find a comprehensive script with all the elements included, s/o to @the1dv for their Days of Week script.
Scallop Pattern built for scalping NQ & MNQ
The Scallop Pattern identifies momentum reversal.
The pattern consists of two candles and the direction to trade is confirmed in the following candle.
An example trade is shown in the picture. s3.tradingview.com
A Stop Limit order is generally used to enter the long position.
Pre Market \ Opening Range High LowGreen vertical lines are showing pre market open and then the opening range as the first hour of market NYSE market open
Pre market high and low are blue lines | intraday opening range high low are in white
Trades are taken in the current direction above | below range breaks with the direction of price action using the moving averages
Price breaking through moving averages and a range is the optimal trade to enter - exit at next range for target - stop loss below the lower | higher moving average depending on short or long
A break above or below the intraday high or low and pre market high or low can give massive profits trailing your stop loss as price runs
Using MA 5 and 12 to filter out entries and exits above or below the ranges short or long is also another strategy to implement
BEST TIME FRAME TO USE IS 5 MINUTE
LVOLA MODELAnother variant of the VOLA Model Range.
To use this script which focusses on vol on the given equity/commodity/price pair its focussed on at its core methodology. We use NQ1 here as an example on how this indicator can be used. Note the red lines indicate where buy signals occurred an example listed below. Note the best timeframes to use this indicator include (intraday - 1d trades) 7min, 30min, 1hr and Daily for multi day trades. This can be used in conjunction with MVEX VOLA, VOLA & ZVOLA (especially so) when looking to trade $NQ/$ES QQQ / SPY use this in conjunction with the other VOLA models to confirm whether a buy/sell signal. This can also be used on equities since total flows in the bond market can help dictate movement in equities.
This is distilled into a simple method where you can use this indicator to gauge a potential buy or sell signal. The red shows a sell signal and a green which is a buy i.e. when the blue line short term signal (blue line) has a major divergence vs the mid and long term then this is typically a sell signal. This is shown in the chart above.
The green lines indicate where buy signals occurred with an example listed below.
The same goes for the reverse where the short term signal (blue line) is higher then we have a view of a potential buy signal.
Once again when the VVS (Short term signal) is flattened out then we have a slowing done in the movement of price action and a reversion has the potential to occur. The greater the divergence and when the line blue line flat lines i.e. stops going up or down and is separate from the green and the red, you then have a view to take a long (if above green and red with a large gap) and a sell (when blue is below green and red with a large gap).
Once again there are times where the signal will not work, as with every indicator, model etc nothing hits 100% and I doubt there ever will be such an indicator to exist. As with everything please manage your risk.
ZVOLA MODELAnother variant of the VOLA Model Range.
To use this script which focusses on vol on the given equity/commodity/price pair its focussed on at its core methodology. We use ES1 here as an example on how this indicator can be used. Note the red lines indicate where buy signals occurred an example listed below. Note the best timeframes to use this indicator include (intraday - 1d trades) 30min, 1hr and Daily for multi day trades. This can be used in conjunction with MVEX VOLA & VOLA in particular when looking to trade $NQ/$ES QQQ / SPY as MVEX VOLA/VOLA can confirm whether a buy/sell signal is in line with the VOLA MODELs move.
This is distilled into a simple method where you can use this indicator to gauge a potential buy or sell signal. The red shows a sell signal and a green which is a buy i.e. when the blue line short term signal (blue line) has a major divergence vs the mid and long term then this is typically a sell signal. This is shown in the chart above.
The green lines indicate where buy signals occurred with an example listed below.
The same goes for the reverse where the short term signal (blue line) is higher then we have a view of a potential buy signal.
Once again when the VVS (Short term signal) is flattened out then we have a slowing done in the movement of price action and a reversion has the potential to occur.
Once again there are times where the signal will not work, as with every indicator, model etc nothing hits 100% and I doubt there ever will be such an indicator to exist. As with everything please manage your risk.
MVEX VOLA MODELTo use this script which focusses on vol on the given equity/commodity/price pair its focussed on at its core methodology. We use ES1 here as an example on how this indicator can be used. This indicator is mainly for ES/NQ and its constituents (except consumer staples, energy etc) which lack the same correlations.
Note the red lines indicate where buy signals occurred an example listed below. Note the best timeframes to use this indicator include (intraday - 1d trades) 30min, 1hr and Daily for multi day trades.
This is distilled into a simple method where you can use this indicator to gauge a potential buy or sell signal. The red shows a sell signal and a green which is a buy i.e. when the blue line short term signal (blue line) has a major divergence vs the mid and long term then this is typically a sell signal. This is shown in the chart above.
The green lines indicate where buy signals occurred with an example listed below.
The same goes for the reverse where the short term signal (blue line) is higher then we have a view of a potential buy signal.
Once again when the VVS (Short term signal) is flattened out then we have a slowing done in the movement of price action and a reversion has the potential to occur.
Once again there are times where the signal will not work, as with every indicator, model etc nothing hits 100% and I doubt there ever will be such an indicator to exist. As with everything please manage your risk.
VWAP Implied Volatility BandsThis script takes the built in VWAP function and creates bands using various Volatility Indexes from the CBOE. The script plots the bands at desired multiples, as well as the closing value of the prior day's first set of bands. Users can choose from the following:
VIX(ES), VXN(NQ), RVX(RTY), OVX(CL), GVX(GC), SIV(ZS), CIV(ZC), TYVIX(ZN), EUVIX(EURUSD), BPVIX(GBPUSD)
Upon selecting the desired volatility index, users must change the multiplier to fit the underlying product since the indexes are all calculated differently.
The goal with this script was to use market generated information (IV) to highlight potential trade locations.
VXN (NQ100 VIX) Implied Move Bands for NQ futures.A spin-off of my similar script for ES futures. This script uses the VXN Index instead of the VIX, which represents the 30-day implied volatility of Nasdaq-100 options and then uses that value to plot bands on the chart, helping traders identify price extremes as identified by the options market. Users can modify the moving average, bands multiplier, and number of lookback days used in the calculation to suit their trading style.
Market StatsThis script escapes much of the subjective technical analysis and discretionary trading in general. With this Script/Indicator, you will be able to have access to the statistics tested day by day in the markets, statistics that will be a decisive support in your trading plan. Its analysis and creation is based on the quantitative trading system, since these statistics have a testing and database behind, which makes it a potential indicator for your trading.
You can change the time of the market you want to operate, also the colors of the labels of the statistics, their distance, color of the letters, fully editable to adapt it to the type of market you operate.
Its design involves values of the previous session ( RTH ) and extension session (OVERNIGHT), so it will be complemented with markets that are assimilated to that configuration (indices, stocks, futures, CFDs, forex, commodities ) maybe you can adapt it with cryptocurrencies, but being 24/7 you would have to modify its schedule.
Important levels included:
YHOD: Yesterday High of Day
ONH: Onvernight High
ONM: Overnight Mid
YPOC: Yesterday Point of Control
HALFGAP: Close Price Mid
GAP: Yesterday Close Price
ONL: Overnight Low
YLOD: Yesterday Low of Day
IBH: Initial Balance High
IBL: Initial Balance Low
The IBH and IBL levels will appear after 60 minutes into the session, indicating our balance zone. The one that will add more statistics to our trading.
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Este script, escapa mucho del análisis técnico subjetivo y del trading discrecional en general. Con este Script/Indicador, podrás tener acceso a las estadísticas testeadas día a día en los mercados, estadísticas que serán un apoyo decisivo en tu plan de trading. Su análisis y creación se basa en el sistema de trading cuantitativo, ya que estas estadísticas, tienen un testeo y base de datos por detrás, lo cual lo hace un indicador potencial para tu trading.
Podrás modificar el horario del mercado que quieres operar, también los colores de las etiquetas de las estadísticas, su distancia, color de las letras, completamente editable para que lo adaptes al tipo de mercado que operas.
Su diseño implica valores de la sesión anterior ( RTH ) y sesión de extensión (OVERNIGHT), por lo que se complementará con los mercados que se asimilen a esa configuración (índices, acciones, futuros, CFDs, forex, commodities ) quizás lo puedas adaptar con criptomonedas, pero al ser 24/7 habría que modificar su programación.
Niveles importantes incluidos:
YHOD: Yesterday High of Day
ONH: Onvernight High
ONM: Overnight Mid
YPOC: Yesterday Point of Control
HALFGAP: Close Price Mid
GAP: Yesterday Close Price
ONL: Overnight Low
YLOD: yesterday Low of Day
IBH: Initial Balance High
IBL: Initial Balance Low
Los niveles de IBH y IBL, aparecerán después de 60 minutos iniciada la sesión, indicando así́, nuestra zona de balance. La que agregará más estadísticas a nuestra operativa.
Scalper's Paradise Tool For NQThis powerful scalping tool was specifically designed for NQ and MNQ. Scalper's Paradise adds buy and sell signals to the chart using a proprietary blend of confluence trading principals that are incredibly accurate. Many of the settings can be customized for uses on higher time-frames and different markets. Along with the buy and sell signals, this indicator offers weakness signaling (seen as dots on the chart), along with potential exit points marked as 'EX' on the chart over a diamond shape.
How To Use:
This indicator is designed for intra-day scalping. When a buy or sell signal is marked on the chart, it's safe to enter a position. Exit the position when you see weakness in the trend or where the EX (exits) are marked.
The Trend Cloud offers great visibility for trend strength and overall volatility and can be used in conjunction with the entries and exits for added confidence that your trade is a worthwhile trade.
The red and green backgrounds on the chart are a filtering tool designed to save you from trades that otherwise don't carry enough momentum to be worth entering the market. This part of the indicator has 3 major adjustable settings that allow you to truly dial in your risk.
Identify momentum areas and trade with confidence using Scalper's Paradise!
Trend Cloud for momentum and confidence
Buy and Sell Signals
Marked Exits and Trend Weakness dots on the chart
ADX Based Clean Trade Filter allows for full customization of your trading risk profile. This part of the indicator will SUPPRESS any and all signals while the chart's background is red.
The Safer Trades Filtering in the settings allows further confidence by suppressing riskier trade signals
Limitations:
This script does not mark reversals. It will only identify safe trade zones during periods of strong momentum.
Disclaimer:
The information contained in my scripts/indicators/ideas does not constitute financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities of any type. I will not accept liability for any loss or damage, including without limitation any loss of profit, which may arise directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance on such information.
All investments involve risk, and the past performance of a security, industry, sector, market, financial product, trading strategy, or individual’s trading does not guarantee future results or returns. Investors are fully responsible for any investment decisions they make. Such decisions should be based solely on an evaluation of their financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs.
My scripts/indicators/strategies/ideas are only for educational purposes!
Equity Index Extended HoursHighlights the extended hours/Globex session for US Equity Index Futures.
Overnight Bollinger Band ExtremesThis script is a combination of my overnight fakeout script and bollinger band color bars. It's designed to be used on CME/CBOT Equity Indexes during their GLOBEX session. It uses the built in Bollinger Band script and highlights bars that exceed the upper/lower bands during the overnight session.
Equity Index Overnight FakeoutThis script highlights when price violates the highest high or lowest low within the user's selected lookback period, with the caveat that it occurs during the GLOBEX session. The script is designed to work exclusively with the trading hours for CME and CBOT Equity Index futures. I'm planning to make a more customizable version down the line.
My reasoning behind this very simple script is that the low liquidity and participation of the overnight session creates a tendency for moves at extremes to mean revert. Let me know what you think.
PA Researcher Perfect Auto-Scalping [NASDAQ]This is PA Researcher Perfect Auto-Scalping Indicator for NQ1!
Amazing Hit Ratio on 3min/5min chart
No Repainting
